you said, “it’s only in your headthey’re probably thinkingthe same thing”

SMALL TALK

do you have any siblings?i got a brother, Blake, he’s four years older than me(n i guess he always will be)yeah he’s clever and he’s got a cool girlfriend (hey Hayley)aw but wait, now that they’re engaged sooooooi hope they have kids so i can be a cool aunty

i’m waiting here for youi’m waiting here for youwhat’d you think of the ultimate ending?i fast forward, get busy pretending that i’ve seen everything.can i get you anything? a soda? Campari? with lemon? you got it.i got better things to do than shave my legs, my pits, oh yeh..

i’m waiting here for youi’m waiting here for you

i’m looking ‘cross the room n hoping that you’re lookin too..do you have any siblings?you got a sister yeh she’s a detective,well i bet she’s got some good stories.i gotta go but i hope we can keep in touchi like very much being here with youbut you see, all this small talk is killin’ me

Yknow what they sayNo one’s born to hateWe learn it somewhere along the way.Take your broken heartTurn it into artCan’t take it with you, can’t take it with you

(I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna know)

Empty bottle bluesSleepin’ different roomsHardly a maverickLesser than averageYour vulnerability is stronger than it seemsYknow it’s okay to have a bad day

(I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna know)

Just get this one done, then you can move alongCan’t take it with you, can’t take it with youYknow what they say, no one’s born to hateGetting louder now, getting louder now

CITY LOOKS PRETTY

The city looks pretty when you been indoorsFor 23 days I’ve ignored all your phone calls.Everyone’s waiting when you get back homeThey don’t know where you been, why you gone so long.Friends treat you like a stranger andStrangers treat you like their best friend, oh wellSpare a thought for the ones that came beforeAll in a daze bending backwards to reach your goal.

Sometimes I get sadIt’s not all that badOne day, maybe neverI’ll come around

The city takes pity on your injured soulN heavenly prose ain’t enough good to fill that hole.Everyone’s soaked in animosityIt’s vicious in winter, you never say what you mean.Friends treat you like a stranger andStrangers treat you like their best friend, oh well.Wakin’ up to another dismal dayYou got a ways to go, you oughta be grateful.

Sometimes I get madIt’s not half as badPull yourself togetherN just calm down

I’ll be what you want oh when you want itBut I’ll never be what you needAnd the city looks pretty from where I’m standing…

CHARITY

At the end of every season I’m spent upKeep thinking this will be the one.Hesitation lingers till I’m unreasonableAs if you care, I know you got your own stuff going on

You must be having so much funEverything’s amazingSo subservient I make myself sickAre you listening?

Can’t we talk about it once we’ve slept?When can we, yeah can we, work it out?Meditation just makes you more strung outI wish you had a guru to tell you to let it go, let it go

You must be having so much funEverything’s amazingSo subservient I make myself sickAre you listening?

You don’t have to pretend you’re not scaredEveryone else is just as terrified as you.Medication just makes you more upsetI bet you got a lot to prove I know you’re still the sameYou must be having so much funEverything’s amazingSo subservient I make myself sickAre you listening?

NEED A LITTLE TIME

I don’t know a lot about you butYou seem to know a lot about me soI take a little time out, I take a little time outI’m sorry that I lost my patienceYou deserve better it’s trueI need a little time outI need a little time out

From meAnd you

Open up your insides show usYour inner most lecherousI’ll rip it out carefullyI promise you won’t feel a thingEverybody wants to have their sayForever waiting for some car crash

I need a little time outI need a little time out

From meAnd you

Shave your head to see how it feelsEmotionally it’s not that differentBut to the hand it’s beautiful(Yeah to the hand it’s beautiful)You seem to have the weight of the worldUpon your bony shoulders well hold on

You need a little time outYou need a little time out

From youAnd me

NAMELESS, FACELESS

Don’t you have anything better to doI wish that someone would hug youMust be lonelyBeing angryFeeling over-lookedYou sit alone at home in the darknessWith all the pent-up rage that you harnessI’m real sorryBout whatever happened to you

I wanna walk through the park in the darkMen are scared that women will laugh at themI wanna walk through the park in the darkWomen are scared that men will kill them

I hold my keysBetween my fingersHe said “I could eat a bowl of alphabet soupAnd spit out better words than you”But you didn’tMan you’re kidding yourself if you thinkThe world revolves around youYknow you got lots to giveN so many optionsI’m real sorryBout whatever happened to you

I wanna walk through the park in the darkMen are scared that women will laugh at themI wanna walk through the park in the darkWomen are scared that men will kill them

I’m not your mother, I’m not your bitchI hear you mutter, under your breathPut up or shut up, it’s all the sameIt’s all the same, never change, never change

I’m not your mother, I’m not your bitchd-did I stutter, a little bitsit down n shut up, it’s all the sameit’s all the same, never change, never change

I get most self-defensiveWhen I know I’m wrongThink we all can agreeI try my best to be patientBut I can only put up with so much shit

I’m not your mother, I’m not your bitchI hear you mutter, under your breathPut up or shut up, it’s all the sameIt’s all the same, never change, never change

CRIPPLING SELF-DOUBT AND A GENERAL LACK OF CONFIDENCE

Yeah they say whoever paysThe piper calls the tuneLet’s avoid the truthMake you all feel specialYour desperation stinksI can smell it on your breathA certain absolut anosmicGot yourself to blame for this

You got a lot on your plateDon’t let it go to wasteHumble but hungryNeed validation

You catch the moon so carefullyBreath out, breath inThis tiger claw gets patientPull back n releaseThe sign on the shelf says“Please help your self”Won’t you tell me something newYou’re in tune with who surrounds you

You got a lot on your plateDon’t let it go to wasteHumble but hungryNeed validationYou got a lot on your mindYou know that half the timeIt’s only half as trueDon’t let it swallow you

WALKIN’ ON EGGSHELLS

Before we get started I’ll clean this upNo use drinkin’ from a leakin’ cupYknow what I mean?Not really it seemsN when we get going’ we’ll keep it saneChange is as good as a holidayI’m not claimin’ I’m some patron saint

Say what you wantDon’t got a lotOh but what I gotI’d giveIt all away

Walkin’ on eggshells gets tiringPullin’ teeth, white knucklin’N I don’t wanna hurt your feelingsSo I say nothingSorta self-rightous my heart of goldJust sit back, do what you’re toldIf you spot it you got itWell maybe I got it too(and it goes, and it goes, yeah it goes away…say what you mean to say)

Say what you wantDon’t got a lotOh but what I gotI’d giveIt all away

Say what you wantDon’t got a lotOh but what you gotYou’d throwIt all away

SUNDAY ROAST

Don’t come with your arms swingingThrow them around meSome kind of sweet reliefI hope you never leaveIt’s all the same to me

Just bring yourselfYou know your presence isPresent enoughI got a front row seatIt’s all the same to me

I know it’s been a long weekAnd now you’re takin’ your timeSome kindness goes aroundSome kinda backfireIt’s all the same to me

Ignore that voiceIt puts you downYou make your choiceI’m here for youIt’s all the same to me

I got a lot on my mindBut I dunno how to say itI know you’re doin’ your bestI think you’re doin’ just fine

Keep on keepin’ on yknow you’re not aloneAnd I know all your stories but I’ll listen to them againAnd if you move away yknow I’ll miss your faceIt’s all the same to me yknow it’s all the same to me

HOW TO BOIL AN EGG

All my clothes in milk crates, I don’t sleep for days.Wait until the letter’s red until my bills get paid.Aw tell me, tell me, tell me, when’s it gonna change?

Every morning I feel more useless than before.Trying hard to see the point in anything at all.Aw I’ve been trying, I’ve been trying really hard.

Pull yourself together.Pick myself apart.Nothing lasts for never so be still my bleeding heart.Aw I’ve been dreaming, dreaming of a brand new start.

You have a great abundance of axes there to grind.Remember some people have real problems next time you whine.Oh hang the washing, hang the washing on the line.Yeah I’ve been trying, I’ve been trying really hard.Aw tell me, tell me, tell me when’s it gonna change.

BOXING DAY BLUES

I know that I let you down.You’re not keen on what you found.When’s the funeral, do you want me to come?

I’m not what you’re looking for.My house has an open door.You need a lock and a key.

I love all of your ideas.You love the idea of me.Lover I’ve got no idea.Lover I’ve got no idea.Lover I’ve got no idea.

We couldn’t be more contrary if we tried.Oh, chalk and cheese, we rarely see eye to eye.

I am dumb, you are smart.We are fifteen years apart.You’re from Adelaide, I’m from Mars.I say ooh, you say aah.I am careful, you like scars.I like pickles from the jar.

We couldn’t be more contrary if we tried.Oh, chalk and cheese, we rarely see eye to eye.

I say You, you say Am I.You like mornings, I like nights.I’ll love you till the day I die.You say Christopher, I say Walken.You love, I love Christopher Walken!!!I guess at least we have got one thing in common

ELEVATOR OPERATOR

Oliver Paul, twenty years old,Thick head of hair worries he’s going bald.Wakes up at a quarter past nine
Fare evades his way down the 96 tram line.Breakfast on the run again
He’s well aware he’s dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere.

Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters.Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
Sleeping in the corner of a Metro bus stand.He screams “I’m not going to work today!Gonna count the minutes that the trains run late.
Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans.”

Headphone wielding to the Nicholas Building,
He trips on a pothole that’s not been filled in.He waits for an elevator, 1 to 9,
A lady walks in and waits by his side.Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin.Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton.Vickers perfume on her breath,
A tortoise-shell necklace between her breasts.She looks him up and down with a Botox frown
He’s well used to that look by now.The elevator dings, and they awkwardly step in,
Their fingers touch on the rooftop button…

“Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof,You’ve got your whole life ahead of you you’re still in your youth,
I’d give anything to have skin like you!”

He said, “I think you’re projecting, the way that you’re feeling,
I’m not suicidal just idling insignificantly.
I come up here, for perception and clarity,
I like to imagine I’m playing Sim City.
All the people look like ants from up here,
And the wind’s the only traffic you can hear”He said, “All I ever wanted to be was an Elevator Operator can you help me please?!” …

“Don’t jump little boy, don’t jump off that roof,
You’ve got your whole life ahead of you you’re still in your youth,
I’d give anything to have skin like you!”

PEDESTRIAN AT BEST

I love you I hate you I’m on the fence it all depends
Whether I’m up I’m down I’m on the mend transcending all reality.I like you despise you admire you
What are we gonna do when everything all falls through?I must confess I’ve made a mess of what should be a small success
But I digress at least I’ve tried my very best I guess.This that the other why even bother,
It won’t be with me on my death bed, but I’ll still be in your head.

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you.Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you.Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey.I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

My internal monologue is saturated analogue,
It’s scratched and drifting, I’ve become attached to the idea
It’s all a shifting dream bitter sweet philosophy,
I’ve got no idea how I even got hereI’m resentful I’m having an existential time crisis,
What bliss, daylight savings won’t fix this mess.Underworked and oversexed I must express my disinterest,The rats are back inside my head what would Freud have said?

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you.Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you.Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey.

I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

I wanna wash out my head with turpentine and cyanide,
I dislike this internal diatribe when I try to catch your eye
I hate seeing you crying in the kitchen
I don’t know why it affects me like this when you’re not even mine to consider.Erroneous.Harmonious.I’m hardly sanctimonious.Dirty clothes, I suppose, we all outgrow ourselves.I’m a fake, I’m a phoney, I’m awake, I’m alone, I’m homely, I’m a Scorpio.

Put me on a pedestal and I’ll only disappoint you.Tell me I’m exceptional I promise to exploit you.Give me all your money and I’ll make some origami, honey.I think you’re a joke but I don’t find you very funny.

AN ILLUSTRATION OF LONELINESS (SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK)

I lay awake at four, staring at the wall,
Counting all the cracks backwards in my best French.Reminds me of a book I skim read in a surgery,All about palmistry I wonder what’s in store for me.I pretend the plaster is the skin on my palms
And the cracks are representative of what is going on.I lose a breath, my love line seems entwined with death (could be a spider web)…

I’m thinking of you too.

I lay awake at three, staring at the ceiling.It’s a kind of off-white, maybe it’s a cream.There’s oily residue seeping from the kitchen,
It’s art-deco-necromantic-chic all the dinner plates are kitsch with
Irish wolf-hounds, French baguettes wrapped loose around their necks,
I think I’m hungry…I’m thinking of you too.I’m thinking of you too.
I’m thinking of you too.
I’m thinking of you.

Wondering what you’re doing, what you’re listening to,
Which quarter of the moon you’re viewing from the bedroom.

Watching all the movies, drinking all the smoothies,
Swimming at the pool…I’m thinking of you too.

I’m thinking of you too.I’m thinking of you too.I’m thinking of you too.I’m thinking of you too.I’m thinking of you.

SMALL POPPIES

I stare at the lawn it’s Wednesday morning,It needs a cut but I’ll leave it growing.All different sizes and all shades of green,
Slashing it down just seems kinda mean.

In a way it’s a shame you get awayThinking it’s just a game.Who am I to deny myself a pawn for you to use?
At the end of the day it’s a pain that I keep seeing your name
But I’m sure it’s a bore being you.

I don’t know quite who I am oh but man I am trying.I make mistakes until I get it right.An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye,
I don’t agree with that why can’t we just talk nice?

Oh the calamity I wanna go to sleep for an eternity…
Who am I to deny myself a pawn?Oh the humanity I wanna disappear into obscurity…
But I’m sure it’s a bore being you.

I don’t know quite who I am oh but man I am trying.I make mistakes until I get it right.An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye,
I used to hate myself but now I think I’m alright.

I don’t know quite who I am oh but man I am trying.I make mistakes until I get it right.An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye,
I dreamed I stabbed you with a coat hanger wire.

DEPRESTON

You said we should look out further, I guess it wouldn’t hurt us.We don’t have to be around all these coffee shops.Now we’ve got that percolator, never made a latte greater.I’m saving twenty-three dollars a week.

We drive to a house in Preston,
We see police arresting a man with his hand in a bag.How’s that for first impressions? This place seems depressing.It’s a “Californian bungalow in a cul-de-sac”.

It’s got a lovely garden,
A garage for two cars to park in (“or a lot of room for storage if you’ve just got one”).And it’s going pretty cheap you say?
“Well it’s a deceased estate….aren’t the pressed metal ceilings great?”

Then I see the handrails in the shower,A collection of those canisters for coffee, tea and flourAnd a photo of a young man in a van in Vietnam.And I can’t think of floorboards anymore,
Whether the front room faces south or north,
And I wonder what she bought it for.(If you’ve got a spare half a million, you should knock it down and start rebuilding)

AQUA PROFONDA

I saw you in the lane next to me.You were doing free-style.Then you switched it around to a little bit of backstroke.I couldn’t see underneath
Your swimming cap but it appeared that you had
Dark coloured hair; maybe it was blonde for all I know.I had goggles on.They were getting foggy.I much prefer swimming to jogging.

I tried my very best to impress you
Held my breath longer than I normally do.I was getting dizzy.My hair was wet n frizzyFelt my muscles burn,
I took a tumble-turn for the worse (it’s a curse my lack of athleticism).Sunk like a stone.Like a first owners home loan.When I came to, you and your towel were gone.

DEAD FOX

Jen insists that we buy organic vegetablesand I must admit that I was a little skeptical at first;
a little pesticide can’t hurt?Never having too much money I get the cheap stuff at the supermarket,
but they’re all pumped up with shit,
a friend told me that they stick nicotine in the apples.

If you can’t see me I can’t see you.Heading down the Highway Hume
somewhere at the end of June.Taxidermied kangaroos are littered on the shouldersA possum Jackson Pollock is painted on the tar.Sometimes I think a single sneeze could be the end of us,my hay-fever is turning up, just swerved into a passing truck.

Big business overtaking, without indicating;
he passes on the right,
been driving through the night to bring us the best price.

If you can’t see me I can’t see you.

More people die on the road than they do in the ocean,
maybe we should mull over culling cars instead of sharks
(or just lock them up in parks where we can go and view them).There’s a bypass over Holbrook now,paid for with burgers no doubt, I’ve lost count of all the cows.There’ll be no salad sandwiches.
The law of averages says we’ll stop in the next town
where petrol price is down (what do I know anyhow?)
If you can’t see me I can’t see you.

NOBODY REALLY CARES IF YOU DON’T GO TO THE PARTY

You always get what you wantand you don’t even try.Your friends hate it when it’s always going your way,
but I’m glad that you’ve that got luck on your side.You’re saying definitely maybe.I’m saying probably no.You say you’ll sleep when you’re dead,
I’m scared i’ll die in my sleep,
I guess that’s not a bad way to go.

I wanna go out but I wanna stay home.

Why you so eager to please? I wear my heart on my sleeve.Gets harder in the winter, gotta be a fake or shiver,
It takes a great deal out of me.Yes I like hearing your stories, but I’ve heard them all before.I’d rather stay in bed, with the rain over my head,
than have to pick my brain up off of the floor.

I wanna go out but I wanna stay home.

DEBBIE DOWNER

Tell me when you’re getting bored and I’ll leave.I’m not the one who put the chain around your feet.I’m sorry for all of my insecurities, but it’s just part of me.Envy is thin because it bites but never eats.That’s what a nice old Spanish lady once told me.Hey Debbie Downer turn that frown upside down and just be happy.

I don’t ask too much of you, it’s true, and I can’t read your mind.

Don’t stop listening I’m not finished yet.I’m not fishing for your compliments.I’m growing older every time I blink my eyes.Boring, neurotic everything that I despise.We had some lows we had some mids we had some highs.Sell me all your golden rules and I’ll seeif that’s the kind of person that I want to be.If I’m not happy I’ll be glad I kept receipts.

Watermarks on the ceiling.I can see Jesus and he’s frowning at me.I see a dead seal on the beach.The old man says he’s “already saved it three times this week.
Guess it just wants to die?I would wanna die too (he said)
“With people putting oil into my air but to be fair
I’ve done my share guess everybody’s got their different point of view.”

I was driving down sun set strip (Phillip Island, not Los Angeles)
Got me some hot chips and a cool drink,
took a sandy seat on the shore.There’s a paper on the ground,
it makes my headache quite profound as I read it out aloud (It said)
“The Great Barrier Reef it ain’t so great anymore,
It’s been raped beyond belief, the dredgers treat it like a whore.”Drank till I was sinking, sank till I was thinking,
that I’m thankful for this view.Drank till I was sinking, sank till I was thinking,
that I’m thankful for this view
We either think that we’re invincible or that we are invisible
but realistically we’re somewhere in between.We all think that we are nobody but everybody is somebody else’s somebody.

Don’t ask me what I really mean,
I am just a reflection of what you really wanna see
so take what you want from me.So take what you want from me.So take what you want from me.So take what you want from me.So take what you want from me.

Satellites on the ceiling,I can Jesus and she’s smiling at me.All I wanna say is…

BOXING DAY BLUES (REVISITED)

How was your day?Mine was OK.Worked my fingers down to the bone.How about you, what did you do?Spent my whole night dreaming of you.Like a Christmas tree on Boxing Day: thrown away.Why don’t you feel for me anymore?I’m feeling fine, except the times I’m not.Why you so calm? I wanna shout.I wanna rip my goddamn throat out.Like a Christmas tree on Boxing Day: thrown away.Why don’t you feel for me anymore?We’re just like two icebergs in climate change: drifting away.Why do you feel for me anyway?

THREE PACKS A DAY

I’m down to three packs a dayof Mi Goreng I can’t explain it.Can’t wait for you to go awaycos i just crave that meagre taste yeah.

Boil it up, water in the saucepan.In a cup, drink it from a silver spoon.

That MSG tastes good to me,i disagree with all your warnings.And it can’t be true that they use glue to keep the noodles stuck together.Two minutes seems like a life-time.Burn my tongue, patience is a virtue.

I’m down to three packs a day,I sneak away to find a kettle.I withdraw from all my friends and their dinner plans, I’m sick of lentils.

Boil it up, water in the saucepan.In a cup, drink it from a silver spoon.

It’s no goodit’s no good,
you say it’s no good for you.

OUT OF THE WOODWORK

I was busy underwaterseeing how long I could hold my breath.A drowning flower caught my eye andI had to come on up for air.Just because you’re older than me,
doesn’t mean you have to be so condescending.I still see the same things that you see,
I’m a little shady on my history.

I am normally pretty forgiving but only if you are.

She’s so easy.

I noticed you stopped talking to me,
now you’re talking to me all the time.Do you know you’re no good at listening?But you’re really good at saying everything on your mind.It must be tiring trying so hard,
to look like you’re not really trying at all.I guess if you’re afraid of aiming too high,
then you’re not really gonna have too far to fall.I am normally pretty forgiving but only if you are.

She’s so easy.

Climb aboard the wagon when it comes on through.Jump up on your horse and tell me how’s the view.Look over my shoulder when I talk to you.Where’s the more important person in the room?

DON’T APPLY COMPRESSION GENTLY

Tell me what you’re thinking, what you’re thinking about.Tell me when you’re finished, maybe I’ll come around.Had enough to bring me all the way to the ground,
I don’t have to tell you what I’m thinking about.

You have made your bed, I know better than to sleep in it.Better off dead than the hell that will become of it.You have hurt my head but I’m not denying that
I did not bring it on myself.

I take pieces of myself from everyone around me.I’m not individual enough for you.I replicate the people I admire but at least I’m not bitter and sad.

I may not be 100% happy but at least I’m not with you.

AVANT GARDENER

I sleep in late another day
oh what a wonder oh what a waste.It’s a monday, it’s so mundane,
what exciting things will happen today?The yard is full of hard rubbish it’s a mess
and I guess the neighbours must think we run a meth lab.We should ammend that, I pull the sheets back,
it’s 40 degrees and i feel like i’m dying.Life’s getting hard in here so i do some gardening.Anything to take my mind away from where it’s sposed to be.The nice lady next door talks of green beds
and all the nice things that she wants to plant in them.I wanna grow tomatoes on the front steps.Sunflowers, bean sprouts, sweet corn and radishes.I feel pro-active, i pull out weeds,
all of a sudden

I’m having trouble breathing in.

My hands are shaky, my knees are weak,
I can’t seem to stand on my own two feet.I’m breathing but i’m wheezing, feel like i’m emphysem-in’.My throat feels like a funnel filled with weet bixand kerosene and oh no, next thing i know they call up triple o.I’d rather die than owe the hospital till I get old.I get adrenalin straight to the heart,
I feel like Uma Thurman post-overdosin’ kick start.Reminds me of the time when i was really sick and
I had too much psuedoefedryn and i couldn’t sleep at night.Halfway down high street, Andy looks ambivalent,
he’s probably wondering what i’m doing getting in an ambulance.The paramedic thinks i’m clever cos i play guitar.I think she’s clever cos she stops people dying.Anaphylactic and super hypo-condriactic,
should’ve stayed in bed today I much prefer the mundane.I take a hit from an asthma puffer.I do it wrong.I was never good at smoking bongs.I’m not that good at breathing in.

HISTORY ERASER

I got drunk and fell asleep atop the sheets
but luckily i left the heater on.And in my dreams i wrote the best song that i’ve ever written…
can’t remember how it goes.I stayed drunk and fell awake and i was cycling on a plane
and far away i heard you say you liked me.We drifted to a party – cool.The people went to arty school.They made their paints by mixing acid wash and lemonade.

In my brain I re-arrange
the letters on the page to spell your name.

I found an Ezra Pound and made a bet
that if i found a cigarette i’d drop it all and marry you.Just then a song comes on: “you can’t always get what you want”
the Rolling Stones, oh woe is we, the irony!The stones became the moss and once all inhibitions lost,
the hipsters made a mission to the farm.We drove by tractor there, the yellow straw replaced our hair,
we laced the dairy river with the cream of sweet vermouth.

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name.

You said “we only live once” so we touched a little tongue,
and instantly i wanted to…I lost my train of thought
and jumped aboard the Epping
as the doors were slowly closing on the world.I touched on and off and rubbed my arm
up against yours and still the inspector inspected me.The lady in the roof was living proof
that nothing really ever is exactly as it seems.

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name.

We caught the river boat downstream
and ended up beside a team of angry footballers.I fed the ducks some krill then we were sucked against
our will into the welcome doors of the casino.

We drank green margaritas, danced with sweet senoritas,
and we all went home as winners of a kind.You said “i guarantee we’ll have more fun,
drink till the moon becomes the sun,
and in the taxi home i’ll sing you a Triffids song!”

In my brain I re-arrange the letters on the page to spell your name.

DAVID

If you see me when I’m feeling down,
I don’t know if I want you around.

Don’t want you around…
I don’t really like any of your friends,
but it’s not that hard for me to pretend.

Hard to pretend…Come on Davey, let’s go plant a tree.

You bring the spade, I’ll bring the seeds. I’ll bring the seeds…

ANONYMOUS CLUB

Let’s start an anonymous club,
we can sit close in the dark.Come round to mine,
we can swap clothes and drink wine all night.Turn your phone off friend,
you’re amongst friends and we don’t need no interruptions.Leave your shoes at the door, along with your troubles.

Let’s start an anonymous club,
I’ll make us name badges with question marks.Come round to mine,
we can swap clothes and drink wine all night.Turn your phone off friend,
you’re amongst friends and we don’t need no interruptions.Leave your shoes at the door, along with your troubles.

Thank you for cooking for me,
I had a really nice evening, just you and me.

LANCE JR.

I masturbated to the songs you wrote.Resuscitated all of my hopes.It felt wrong but it didn’t take too long.Much appreciated are your songs.

Doesn’t mean I like you man.It just helps me get to sleep.And it’s cheaper than Temazepam.

I under-estimated your intelligence.A little bit of weed mixed with some sentiment.Over-rated films marked ‘XXX’
Come on play it with some tenderness.

ARE YOU LOOKING AFTER YOURSELF?

Are you working hard my darling,
we’re so worried, always thinking of you
and we just want you to be so happy,
keep on going.

Have you got some money saved up for those rainy days?You should start some sort of trust fund just incase you fail.

My friends play in bands, they are better than everything on radio.Did you see that special on TV the other eve?

No my TV, it stopped working when we got here (it’s been four years).Are you eating? You sound so thin.

I don’t know what I was thinking, I should get a job.I don’t know what I was drinking, I should get a dog.

Should get married, have some babies,
watch the evening news.

SCOTTY SAYS

In my wallet is a photo of you.The day we split I ripped it in two.Stuck it back together with glue.Tear my posters down from the wall.Don’t wanna worship no dead heroes.Everything I owned I sold.

I got lost somewhere between here and there,
I’m not sure what the town was called.

In my pocket is a bottle of blue.Drink it when I’m feeling misconstrued.Don’t like the taste but I like the overview.I made a lot of money in my days.Spent it all on the current craze.I don’t see no need to save.

I got lost somewhere between here and there,
I’m not sure what the town was called

CANNED TOMATOES (WHOLE)

I walk slowly to the store,
you don’t live here anymore.You used to live round the corner (cigarettes and alcohol).

Last week I turned twenty four,
you don’t call me anymore.We used to speak every morning (I was sleeping on the floor).

I still get the mail for you I leave it at the door.Every letter seems a warning, pay your rego by the fourth.Monday morning laundry or coffee on the garden wall.

You’re good cos you’re never boring,
you should probably call me more.

PORCELAIN

I found you at the store,
pretty as porcelain.You are worth so much more,
than what you’re going for.Don’t let them handle you,
you better start praying.That ain’t no way to be
I got a colour TV.

Legal

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: 03rd May 2018

This policy together with the Terms and Conditions tells you about the information we collect from you and how it will be controlled and/or processed by us.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By using our website you are accepting and consenting to the practices set out in this policy. Please do not use this website unless you agree with this policy.

WHY WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

According to the law, we can only collect your personal data if we have a proper reason for doing so. Our lawful reason for collecting your personal data is Legitimate Interests, which are outlined in the table below.

WHAT WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR

LEGAL GROUNDS FOR USE

OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS

To communicate and manage our relationship with you include: personalising and improving your experience, and providing you with news and offers we think you might find of interest. (This includes direct marketing, identifying you when you access our websites, to identify your likes and dislikes including purchasing habits via the use of Cookies)

Our Legitimate Interests

Providing you with information about products and/or similar products you have shown an interest in. Identifying or defining similar customers for new or similar products.

To develop and manage our brand, products, and services on behalf of the Artist

Our Legitimate Interests

To identify ways to improve our delivery of products to you and other customers.

Providing you with information about products and/or similar products you have shown an interest in. Identifying or defining similar customers for new or similar products.
To develop and manage our brand, products, and services on behalf of the Artist

Our Legitimate Interests

To identify ways to improve our delivery of products to you and other customers.

Your personal data will be kept for as long as we need it. How long we need data depends on what we are using it for, whether we are providing services to you or for our own legitimate interests as outlined in this policy or so we can comply with the law. When there is no longer a customer, legal or business need for us to hold it or you’ve requested for it to be removed we will either delete it securely or in some cases anonymise it. If you would like to access, correct, or have your personal data removed from our systems please use the contact details at the end of this form. By requesting your data to be removed it will be understood your are withdrawing consent for your data to be processed and collected.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Information you give to us

We collect and process personally identifiable data that you have provided to us such as: name, address, email address, mobile phone number and date of birth. You may provide this information to us in instances such as when you:

subscribe to our email newsletter or text message updates

fill out and submit a form to us

enter a competition or sweepstake

use our applications, or connected applications on third-party sites or platforms such as social networking sites

We may use your email address and/or mobile number for marketing purposes.

We may send you marketing communications via email if you have consented to receive such emails, these communications may include information regarding our past, current or future products or special offers. If you do not wish to receive these emails, please use the ‘unsubscribe’ feature, which will be provided on every information we send you, or contact us via the email below.

We may use your email address and/or mobile phone number information to show you marketing on third party sites and applications that we think are of interest to you. In addition, we may use your email address and/or mobile number to create lookalike audiences to market to people who we think will have an interest the same products to which you have subscribed to receive information.

In some cases personally identifiable information may be shared with third parties. This will always be highlighted to you before you submit your information. We will tell you who your information will be shared with, what for, and we will obtain your consent first before sharing your information. We may share some of your personal data with the following categories of third parties:

Artists ex. For a meet and greet

Competition and Sweepstake Providers ex. ‘Win Artist Merchandise’ or ‘Win a Trip to See Artist Play’

Suppliers/Distributors who provide services to us ex. When order merchandise or products such as t-shirts, LPs or CDs

Data analytics companies and advertisers ex. Google and Facebook

When we send your personal data outside of European Economic Area (‘EEA’), we will take every precaution to protect your personal data as if it were being used in the EEA. We will use one of the below safeguards to ensure protection:

Transfer data to a non-EEA country which has privacy laws at least as protective as those within the EEA; or

Put in place a contract with the recipient of the data meaning the recipient must uphold the same standards as required within the EEA; or

Transfer it to organisations which are part of the Privacy Shield, who set out standards for data transference between the United States and European countries to ensure data is protected to the same standards as the EEA.

We protect your personal data against unauthorised access, unlawful use, accidental loss, corruption or destruction. We use technical measures such as encryption and password protection to ensure the protection of your data and the holding systems. Furthermore we limit the number of people who have access to the databases in which your personal data is held.

Should your personal data be processed beyond the specified means we will notify you. For the avoidance of doubt all your personal Information shall be stored, processed and used in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 or any legislation that replaces it in whole or in part and any other legislation relating to the protection of data such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Tell Me How You Really Feel campaign

By submitting your message to this site for the Tell Me How You Really Feel campaign you agree for it to be used as part of Courtney Barnett’s marketing and advertising activity managed by Courtney Barnett, Marathon Artists, Mom+Pop, Milk! Records.
If you would like to opt out of this, please email [email protected] with your contact details and the message you have submitted.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the website we may automatically collect information about your visit through the use of cookies. This may include information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system, browser type and the geographical location of your computer, for system administration purposes. We may also report aggregate information. This is statistical data about browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you as an individual.

By using this website you agree to our use of cookies as set out in this Privacy Policy.

COOKIES

This website uses cookies. By using this website you accept our use of cookies in accordance with this policy. If you do not accept the use of these cookies please disable them by following the instructions below. Removing or disabling cookies may result in a limited experience on this site.

1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?
Cookies are small text files that websites place in your browser when you visit them. When you return to the site, the site can access its previously placed cookie to uniquely identify your browser. Cookies accomplish several different things. They recall your preferences at a website, help you view content more efficiently and improve the overall user experience on a website. They can also help advertisers see what interests you and what advertising may be relevant to you. For further information on cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or www.ico.gov.uk

2. HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?
We use cookies to collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type. We also use cookies to obtain information about your general Internet usage and report aggregate statistical information.
In addition to uses for analytical purposes and for system administration, we also use cookies to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns to understand what products may interest you and show you relevant advertising and promotions.

3. WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
We use the following cookies:

Functionality cookies – These are used to recognise you when you visit the Marathon Artists Sites. This enables us to personalise our content for you (for example show content and links relevant to the country you are visiting from), and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of streaming service).

Analytical cookies – They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way the site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Ad Targeting cookies – These cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make this site and the advertising displayed to you on other sites you visit more relevant to your interests. We may aggregate this data to conduct profiling to create actalike or lookalike audiences to show you advertising which we think will be of a legitimate interest and share this information with our partners for this purpose. This will assist us to provide you and others like you with Ads Relevant to your interests, please see the table below for additional information.

If you object to your cookies being used in this way please do not use this website.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

PROVIDER

COOKIE

COOKIE CATEGORY

Facebook

Facebook Pixel

AnalyticalAd Targeting

Google

Google AdWords

AnalyticalAd Targeting

Google

Google Analytics

AnalyticalAd Targeting

Twitter

Twitter Pixel

AnalyticalAd Targeting

Mediarithmics

Mediarithmics / Adelphi Pixel

AnalyticalAd Targeting

4. HOW DO I DELETE AND MANAGE COOKIES?
You can enable, disable or delete cookies within the settings on your browser. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” menu). Disabling a cookie or category of cookie does not delete the cookie from your browser; you will need to do this yourself from within your browser by choosing the option to delete cookies. If you have disabled one or more cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies prior to your disabled preference being set, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information.
If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) please note that you may not be able to access all or parts of this website.

5. COOKIE AND PRIVACY PRACTICES OF THIRD PARTIES
This website may contain links to and from the websites of other networks, data partners, advertisers and affiliates. It may also contain links to third party social media sites. These third parties may place their own cookies or other technological devices on your Internet browser. We have no control over these third parties and no responsibility for the technologies they employ. To learn how a particular website collects and uses your information, you should read the privacy policy of that website.
We do not accept any responsibility or liability for third party policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to or use these websites.

6. CONTACT DETAILS
If you have questions or complaints about this policy, how we collect or process your personal data, or would like to have your personal data removed, or have questions or comments regarding this website or our products please contact us at: [email protected]